György

György () is a Hungarian version of the name George. Some notable people with this given name:

• György Alexits (1899–1978), Hungarian mathematician
• György Almásy (1867–1933), Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy
• György Apponyi (1808–1899), Hungarian politician
• György Gordon Bajnai (born 1968), Prime Minister of Hungary (2009-10)
• György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP.
• György Bárdy (1921–2013), Hungarian film and television actor
• György Békésy (1899–1972), Hungarian biophysicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• György Bessenyei (1747–1811), Hungarian playwright and poet
• György Bródy (1908–1967), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion
• György Bulányi (1919–2010), Hungarian a Piarist priest, teacher, and leader
• György Carabelli (1787–1842), Hungarian dentist
• György Csányi (1922–1978), Hungarian athlete
• György Cserhalmi (born 1948), Hungarian actor
• György Csesznek, Hungarian aristocrat
• György Csordás (1928–2000), Hungarian freestyle swimmer
• György Czakó (1933–2023), Hungarian figure skater
• György Cziffra (1921–1994), Hungarian virtuoso pianist
• György Dózsa (c. 1470–1514), Székely man-at-arms from Transylvania
• György Enyedi (geographer) (1930–2012), Hungarian economist and geographer
• György Faludy (1910–2006), Hungarian-born poet, writer and translator
• György Fehér (1939–2002), Hungarian film director
• György Festetics (1815–1883), a Hungarian politician
• György Fráter (1482–1551), Croatian nobleman, Pauline monk and Hungarian statesman
• György Garics (born 1984), Austrian football defender of Hungarian and Slovakian Croat roots
• György Gedó (born 1949), Hungarian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
• György Gerendás (born 1954), Hungarian former water polo player
• György Gurics (1929–2013), Hungarian wrestler
• György Gyimesi (born 1980), Slovak politician
• György Hajós (1912–1972), Hungarian mathematician
• György Hevesy (1885–1966), Hungarian radiochemist and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• György Horkai (born 1954), Hungarian former water polo player
• György Káldy (1573–1634), Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator
• György Károly (1953–2018), Hungarian poet and writer
• György Kárpáti (1935–2020), Hungarian former water polo player
• György Keleti (1946–2020), Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Defence
• György Kenéz (born 1956), Hungarian former water polo player
• György Klapka (1820–1892), Hungarian general
• György Klein (1925–2016), Hungarian–Swedish microbiologist and public intellectual
• György Kolonics (1972–2008), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• György Konrád (1933–2019), Hungarian novelist and essayist
• György Kulin (1905–1989), Hungarian astronomer
• György Kurtág (born 1926), Hungarian composer
• György Kutasi (1910–1977), Hungarian water polo player
• György Lahner (1795–1849), Hungarian general
• György Ligeti (1923–2006), Hungarian composer
• György Lukács (1885–1971), Hungarian Marxist philosopher
• György Marx (1927–2002), Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor
• György Matolcsy (born 1955), Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the Hungarian National Bank
• György Mitró (1930–2010), Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist
• György Moldova (1934–2022), Hungarian author
• György Oláh (1927–2017), Hungarian and American chemist and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• György Orbán (born 1947), Romanian-born Hungarian composer
• György Orth (1901–1962), Hungarian footballer and manager
• György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist
• György Petri (1943–2000), Hungarian poet
• György Piller (1899–1960), Hungarian Olympic and world champion fencer
• György Pólya (1887–1985), Hungarian mathematician
• I György Rákóczi (1593–1648), Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until 1648
• II György Rákóczi (1621–1660), Hungarian nobleman, Prince of Transylvania from 1648 until 1660
• György Sándor (1912–2005), Hungarian pianist
• György Sándor (footballer) (born 1984), Hungarian footballer
• György Sárosi (1912–1993), Hungarian footballer
• György Sebők (1922–1999), Hungarian-born American pianist
• György Spiró (born 1946), Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist
• György Szabados (1939–2011), Hungarian jazz pianist
• György Szepesi (1922–2018), Hungarian radio personality and sports executive
• György Szondy (died 1552), 16th century Hungarian hero
• György Zala (sculptor) (1858–1937), Hungarian sculptor
• George Worth, born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Hungarian-born American Olympic medalist fencer
• George Soros, born György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian-born American investor

See also

• Gyorgyi (disambiguation)